COPS GIVE OUT DVDs & DONUTS

- California Highway Patrol pulls over motorists for good driving! Actors dole out donuts and "Police Academy" DVDs to say, "Thanks!"

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (April 7, 2004) - Call it "Police Enfarcement".

The California Highway Patrol in Los Angeles is pulling over motorists for doing something right on the road - - then actors from the "Police Academy" films are rewarding them with DVDs and donuts!

To celebrate the DVD release of the Police Academy films, the CHP agreed to allow actors Bubba Smith and Michael Winslow a ride along during its patrol of the Santa Monica area. When the real officer spotted a motorist doing a good driving deed, she pulled over the car. Instead of getting a ticket, the actors doled out donuts and DVD copies of all seven Police Academy films.

The shocked drivers appeared to go through a range of emotions - - fear of getting a ticket; confusion about why they were being approached with DVDs and donuts; and happiness for getting a treat instead of a ticket.

Charles "Bubba" Smith, who played Officer Hightower in the Police Academy films also likely instilled a little apprehension as he approached motorists. At 6-foot-8, 280 pounds, he was one of the biggest defensive lineman in the NFL, and later one of the biggest actors in Hollywood. And drivers probably didn't know what to think of Michael Winslow, who played Officer Larvelle Jones in the Police Academy films. Also known as the "Man of 10,000 Sound Effects", Winslow aided the CHP officer in pulling over the drivers by making siren sounds out the passenger window of the police cruiser.

Of course, people don't need to get pulled over to get a copy of the Police Academy DVDs... they go on sale in stores today. Donuts sold separately...

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